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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bothered” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bothered14211039(None) 
brothered1546001brothered
mothered142310101mothered
pothered142311041pothered
battered113315072battered
bettered113011842bettered
bittered112711832bittered
blathered15168362blathered
blethered15165432blethered
blithered15156122blithered
bordered1248932bordered
bother115218062bother__
bothers124317752bother_s
bowered133113042bo_wered
butchered1744582butchered
buttered112712632buttered
cohered133514692co_hered
coshered14610292coshered
cottered112511742cottered
dithered13189292dithered
fathered151510432fathered
gathered13149382gathered
koshered1636062koshered
lathered121512332lathered
ochered132610282_ochered
pottered112311662pottered
smothered1545682smothered
tethered1238492tethered
tochered1437912tochered
tottered9208702tottered
withered15169432withered
wuthered15157432wuthered

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911210590.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit121059324.00330242.1
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691324.41940437.0
 
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